Databases--Use databases first for academic research!

Passwords for all databases are here

SIRS Researcher

• Look for Fracking as a Leading Issue

EBSCO Points of View

• From Table of Contents, select EBSCO, scroll down to find Points of View
• Browse by category, Show All, then select Fracking

World Book Advanced Edition

• Look up Hydraulic Fracturing
• Under the Additional Materials tab, you will find websites and magazines articles

Helpful Websites:

EPA--Hydraulic Fracturing Background Information
Tufts University--Fracking Pro and Con
Yale School of Forestry--Hydraulic Fracturing

Google searching:

1) Use a variety of words to narrow your search

• Fracking benefits
• Fracking disadvantages Utah
• Fracking costs

2) Put quotation marks around important phrases to have Google look for that exact phrase

• "hydraulic fracturing" consequences
• "drilling process" fracking

3) Use site.edu or site:gov as part of your search to have Google search for government or educational sites (the most reliable sites in academic research)

• fracking history site:gov
• fracking Utah locations site:edu